शैडोइंग अभ्यास: One story a day - Book 2 - Story 11: Go on a Ship - वीडियो के साथ अंग्रेजी बोलना सीखें

This video has 9 sentences and 76 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:38. The speaker talks at a steady 119 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 76% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

8 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

• castle /ˈkɑːsəl/ (noun) — A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or…
• sand /sænd/ (noun) — Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in…
• grandfather /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðɚ/ (noun) — A father of someone's parent.
• sailor /ˈseɪ.lɚ/ (noun) — A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft.
• wave /weɪv/ (verb) — To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
• tall /tɔl/ (adjective) — Having great vertical extent (usually reckoned from the bottom of the feet to the very top of the head) when standing. (For instance, somebody with a height of…
• ship /ˈʃɪp/ (noun) — A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
• beach /ˈbiːt͡ʃ/ (noun) — The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (verb) — To continue in extent.
• stay on (verb) — to continue in a place or situation, while others leave.
• go by (verb) — To pass or go past without much interaction.

How to practise with this video

1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like castle, sand, grandfather.

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